Pad holder



May 22, 1934. F. KAls'ER PAD HOLDR Filed June 17, 1933 Win r'res Pastir carice PAD HOUDEK.

Frank Kaiser, Scranton, lPa., assignor to Charles Karr Company, a corporation of Michigan Application .lune 17, 1933,`Serial No.y 676,283 2 Claims. (Ci. 5-322) This invention relates to pads for beds, couche's frame members 1'2, 13 and 14, as'is usual in such and the like, and, more particularly, to pads constructons. Since the details of the bed and for hospital beds. the adjacent frame constitute no part of the One of the objects of the invention is the propresent invention, it is not thought necessary to 5 vision of new and improved means for attaching further illustrate or describe the same. 00

a pad to a mattress in such a manner as to pre- A mattress 15 is adapted to be placed on the vent side or endwise slipping of the pad relative frame 11. This mattress may be of the usual or to the mattress to which it is attached. any well-known construction. As shown, it is an Another object ofthe invention is the proinner spring mattress having the usual springs vision of a padhaving novel means for attach- 16 therein. It is common practice to employ a 015V ing the same to a mattress, the means being pad on. the mattress andapad for this purpose reversible, whereby the pad may be turned when is shown at 17. This pad is provided With a desired. Welt or seam 18 extending about the edges of the A further object of the invention is the provisame, substantially along the center line thereof. 15 sion of a new and improved pad having novel at- Suitable means are provided for firmly attach- 79 taching means which is inexpensive to manufacing the pad to the mattress 15. In the form of ture, efiicient in use, easily applied to a mattress construction shown, the ends of the pad are proand that may 'be reversed with a minimum exvided With hoods or pockets 19 and 21, each of penditure of time and labor. these pockets being preferably of flexible mate- 20 Other and further objects and advantagesof rial, and have their edges attached to the seam 7? the invent-ion Will appear from the following de- 13 aCrOSS Jthe endS end nWardly from the ehlS scription, taken in connection with the accoma short distance along both sides of the pad 17. panying drawing, in Which- The width of the hood is slightly greater than the Fig. l is aperspective view. of the pad and mattress but the depth of the hood transversely mattress assembly Showing the invent-,ion in pgslO the pad iS leSS 'tl'laivthe hCkleSS Of the mali- 89 tion thereon. tress Whereby the mattress ends must be slightly Fig. 2 is a perspective view of. the pad Showccmpressed in order to insert the same in the ing the invention thereon; space 22 formed by the hood.

v Fig. 3 is a side elevation of onecorner of When it is desired to apply the DeldV '00 JChe the math-egg and padassemmy Wii-,h the hood in mattress, the ends of the mattress are slightly vertical section; compressed and inserted in the space 22 formed Fig. 4 is a side eievation of a hospital bed shown by the pookets or hood. This Slight compression more or less diagrammaticafly, of the springs in inserting them in the pocket Will In certain types of beds, as, for nstanee,'h0s frictionally hold the hood and ends of the pad in 35 pita1beds, ii; is desirame that, pads be empmye position and will prevent any lateral displace- 90 on the mattress or on a separate spring assembly meni" thereOf during uSe- The maGreSS SpringS in order that the samo may be removed when it Within the hoods being under Slieht compression, becomes soiled or turned, as occasion may require. the pad and matreSS W111 be held firmly together In hospital beds, especially in the type which are and may he hendled es e unltary Structure. This 40 provided Wmh means for adjusng the mattress is an important feature of the invention since in to accommodate the patient in a sitting posture, making up the bed, 'GuCling the COVerS abOut the it is desirable that means be provided for securing mattress or adjuSing the metlreSS tO accommothe pad to the mattress in such a manner that the date 'the patient, the mattreSS and pad Will funcpad wul not sude endwise or sidewise on the mattion as a unitary structure and under all conditress and that at the same time will not interfere tOhS Will Present e Heat appearance. When it iS with the function of the springs in the mattress deSied tO turn the Pad, the hOOdS 19 and 21 may, ordetract in any way from the usefulness of the be reVerSed te Oeeupy e POSiOn 011 the OppOSte pad. A side of the pad. This is possible inasmuch as the The present invention seeks to provide means hoods are attached at the central plane of the 50 for attaching the pad to 'the mattress in such a pad so they will occupy'the same relative position manner that the two Will function as a unitary on either side of the pad.

structure when in use. i It is thought from the foregoing taken in con- Referring now to the drawing, the reference nection with the accompanying drawing that character 10 design-ates a hospital bed (see Fig. the construction and operation of my device will 4) having the adjusting frame 11 comprising be apparent to those skilled in the art and that changes in size, shape, proportion and details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A pad having a filler of resilient material for use on a mattress, comprising a body member, a pair of hoods secured to opposite portions of said body member, each hood being stitched along three sides only to the sides and ends of said body member along its central plane to form a pair of pockets spaced from and facing each other for receiving corresponding opposite portions of a. mattress, said hoods being of substantial depth and movable to opposte sides of said pad with-` out detaching the same from the pad.

2. In combinaton, an inner spring mattress, a pad having a filler of resilient material on said mattress and a hood Secured to said pad at each end thereof, said hoods facing eachI other in spaced relation and each being secured across the end of said pad and a short distance along each side from the end thereof, the ends of said mattress being positioned within said hoods, the width of each of said hoods being substantially that of said mattress but the dimension of said hoods transversely to said pad being slightly less than the thickness of said mattress Whereby said hoods will partially compress said mattress and thereby grip the ends thereof.

F'RANK KAISER. 

